Story Behind The Song

I've always loved the holidays and Christmas music. Having played many Christmas songs over the years, I woke up one morning with the idea for this song and quickly wrote it. I got students at the music school I teach at to sing along with it and mixed them in.

Song Description

A bouncy holiday song mostly Christmas-themed but acknowledging the other celebrations of the season

Lyrics

Christmas Time Is Coming
Words and music ©2014 Stephen K. Donnelly SOCAN/ASCAP

Chorus:
Christmas time is coming
It's our favourite time of year
Everyone is running round
With grins from ear to ear

Don't ask me twice take my advice
You don't have to fear
Christmas time is coming
So share your Christmas cheer

Verse 1
The days are getting shorter
The nights are getting long
The air is getting colder
As we sing our holiday song

Summer's just a distant dream
Thanksgiving come and past
And long long gone is Hallowe'en
Though we tried to make it last

Chorus

Verse 2
Egg nog is a brewing
The apple cider's stewing
Shortbread is a baking
And tarts out for the taking

Frosty's on the front lawn
Keeping out an eye
For Santa and his reindeer
In case they fly right by

Chorus

Verse 3:
The reindeer are out playing
In the fresh December snow
The kids in school all count the days
Until they get to go

The elves are making toys
While Santa wraps them up
Stuffs them in his bag all ready
For his coming trip

CHORUS

Verse:
The wood is stacked outside
To keep the fire aglow
The house is bright with Christmas lights
And hung with mistletoe

The advent calendar is hung
It's counting down the days
To the one we love the most
So everybody say...

CHORUS 2:
Christmas time is coming
It's our favourite time of year
There's Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
To spread that holiday cheer

There's Three Kings Day, St. Lucia's Day
Ramadan and more
Whatever way you celebrate
It's the holidays we adore!

Christmas time is coming, but
Even when it's gone.... with
New year's eve and Chinese New Year
The good times will go on

Good tidings and best wishes
All wrapped up with a bow
Christmas time is coming
So let your spirit show

Christmas time is coming
Let it snow and snow and snow

Christmas time is coming
So let ... your ... spi-rit show

Christmas Time Is Coming
Words and music ©2014 Stephen K. Donnelly SOCAN/ASCAP

Guitar, keyboards, vocals, recorded, mixed and mastered by Stephen K. Donnelly at Tenvolt Audio
Vocals by Sarah McClurg and the students of the Sarah McClurg Music School